Hi friends, This is your invitation to attend our Lights! Action! Placemaking! event:Saturday, April 30, 1:00 pm to approx 3:30 pmAdmission: Free for Members (Membership $20; $10 Students); by donation ($10 suggested) for Guestsat Limbic Media, 740 Discovery Street It will be an … [Read more...]
Ship Point Placemaking
For all those interested in placemaking, and wanting to do a little creative thinking (and doing) about public space in Victoria, check out this "Ship Point Pop-Up" competition for this summer!Ship Point on Victoria's inner harbour is used as a special event space but becomes a … [Read more...]
Look! A pop-up street re-make
What does a citizen-led public space and street pop-up look like?Check it out: here's a short video of our Cook St Re-Make project, where we worked with The City of Victoria and Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition to demonstrate a "complete street" redesign of a typical Victoria … [Read more...]
Street Re-Make shows power of innovation
The power of citizen placemaking was demonstrated on a blustery winter morning in Victoria when volunteers and City of Victoria staff got together to "remake" a street, intersection and adjacent public spaces. The weather didn't deter the participants or the outdoors-oriented … [Read more...]
We explore the evolution of Oak Bay Avenue
Oak Bay Avenue stretches for about 2 km from (near) the bay after which it is named west to the point where (in true Greater Victoria fashion) it changes name to Pandora Avenue (which continues straight west to the Victoria harbour). On Friday November 27, we joined with students … [Read more...]